On Aug 14, 2009, at 6:38 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Andrew
> Fedoniouk<news@terrainformatica.com> wrote:
>> Drawing in CSS uses two layers for background drawing: color layer
>> and image layer on top of it. So is my question.
>
> The layers are irrelevant. Conceptually and realistically colors are
> substantially different from images. You have no control over colors
> beyond just specifying them - they fill whatever you're doing. A
> gradient is an image.
We did earier discuss the idea of using gradients as a type of color,
so it could be used anywhere color values are used. But we decided
against, because there were just too many places where it wouldn't
work.